At 06:11 PM 9/28/2007, Scott Deyo wrote:
How hard is it to have a nicetextured paint finish (like DotCom, for instance ;) on an engraved panel?That's my biggest beef w/ FPE -- they just look so flat, and scratcheasily.
The Suit & Tie Guy's panels, made using the same photo etchingprocess (and same fonts!) that Moog modular panels used, look awesome.However, they have a matte finish that doesn't look like dotcom and MOTMpanels. When I got my first STG panel -- not thinking that I'd get others-- I wanted it to look more dotcom-like. So...
What I did was to spray a few very light (misty) coats of clear coat. Theresult looked much more like the dotcom panels; not the same, becausethey don't have the same texture as the dotcom and MOTM panels, but thecolor matches more closely and there is a slight texture to it.
Consider experimenting with clear coat on a spare panel. Mask it off sothat you are only spraying a small area, that way you can try differentspraying techniques, different numbers of coats, etc.
Dotcom and MOTM panels are powder coated. Powder coat can be clear and itcan be textured, but having it applied to an FPE panel would bump thecost of those pricey panels even higher.
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john